Episode no 88 This interview with lyricist Vari Rai was published on 8 October 2022. Vari Rai gives his written songs to singer Kanwar Grewal and his first two songs are banned by the government. He started the interview by singing one of his songs. He said that writing songs, poems and ghazals is a kind of practice. He has been writing since 2012 i.e. since his college days. He said that art improves with time. He said that the song “Rihai” was written in a very indirect manner but still got banned by the government. He said that he writes for his peace of mind and not from a commercial point of view. He said that he would prefer Kanwar Grewal to give his songs in the future as well. Vari Rai writes on a different and deeper thought than others. He said that the people of Punjab can never live in unity because they believe in castes. Vari Rai said that he does not want to promote these things by writing about drugs and weapons in his songs. He said that during college he was influenced by Satinder Sartaj but never thought about what to do next in life. Finally Vari Rai said that he is fond of reading books and likes the songs of Satinder Sartaj, Debi Makhsuspuri and Gurshabad.
~kulwinder kaur bajwa